180/377 187) 6 stanzas out of 39 are noted as probably wholly or mainly by Scott, and 30 stanzas were changed by him. Sometimes his alterations occurred in every line of a stanza. It is probable that Scott changed _Jamie Telfer_ enough to make the Scotts take the place of prominence that had been held by the Elliotts in the original form of the story. See _The Trustworthiness of Border Ballads as Exemplified by 'Jamie Telfer i' the Fair Dodhead' and other Ballads_; by Lieut.-Col. |